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A database of medical industry payments to physicians and teaching hospitals shows the industry in 2014 provided food and beverages for 558 physicians who listed KU Medical Center as their primary business address. The medical school is investigating whether these physicans violated its rules. Some physicians have questioned the accuracy of the data.

Trade ministers from a dozen Pacific Rim nations failed to reach a deal on a new trade agreement that would cover nearly 40 percent of the global economy, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said Friday.

Downtown Kansas City’s rejuvenation is now rolling into a new era, with the start of the $100 million streetcar line on Main Street and 70 projects in areas that include Crown Center, the Crossroads Arts District, the Downtown Loop and River Market. We map the changes in an interactive report.

KC Soda Co. sells a wide variety of craft sodas from around the world in its new Legends Outlets shop. Meanwhile, The Classic Cookie, a Waldo mainstay for nearly three decades, will either expand at its current spot or move.

Westport Today LLC, a subsidiary of the St. Luke’s Foundation, has invested millions in new and remodeled housing in the neighborhood west of St. Luke’s Hospital. The company is selling new townhomes and renovated bungalows in an effort to maintain the neighborhood around the hospital.

The Employment Cost Index rose at its slowest pace since records began in 1982, just 0.2 percent. In the past year, the index is up only an anemic 2 percent. Just three months ago, it was up 2.6 percent in the previous 12 months.

KC Soda Co. sells a wide variety of craft sodas from around the world in its new Legends Outlets shop. Meanwhile, The Classic Cookie, a Waldo mainstay for nearly three decades, will either expand at its current spot or move.

Westport Today LLC, a subsidiary of the St. Luke’s Foundation, has invested millions in new and remodeled housing in the neighborhood west of St. Luke’s Hospital. The company is selling new townhomes and renovated bungalows in an effort to maintain the neighborhood around the hospital.

The Employment Cost Index rose at its slowest pace since records began in 1982, just 0.2 percent. In the past year, the index is up only an anemic 2 percent. Just three months ago, it was up 2.6 percent in the previous 12 months.

In the realm of board games that teach kids about money, entrepreneurship and business smarts, Monopoly, The Game of Life and Payday are the three classics. But a few other products that are part game, part teaching tool can be found on toy store shelves.

In the realm of board games that teach kids about money, entrepreneurship and business smarts, Monopoly, The Game of Life and Payday are the three classics. But a few other products that are part game, part teaching tool can be found on toy store shelves.

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Today's Circulars

Successful small-business owners are as different in personality as they are in appearance. Some of them are risk-takers and some are risk-averse. Some organized and some not. But from years of observing and training business owners across the country, I have found that successful small-business owners do share three characteristics.

Aiming to jolt the rest of the world to action, President Barack Obama moved ahead Sunday with even tougher greenhouse gas cuts on American power plants, setting up a certain confrontation in the courts with energy producers and Republican-led states.

Successful small-business owners are as different in personality as they are in appearance. Some of them are risk-takers and some are risk-averse. Some organized and some not. But from years of observing and training business owners across the country, I have found that successful small-business owners do share three characteristics.

Aiming to jolt the rest of the world to action, President Barack Obama moved ahead Sunday with even tougher greenhouse gas cuts on American power plants, setting up a certain confrontation in the courts with energy producers and Republican-led states.

Business

KC Soda Co. sells a wide variety of craft sodas from around the world in its new Legends Outlets shop. Meanwhile, The Classic Cookie, a Waldo mainstay for nearly three decades, will either expand at its current spot or move.

Nikesh Arora, the No. 2 executive at Sprint’s owner, Tokyo-based SoftBank Corp., said the Japanese conglomerate remains committed to Sprint’s turnaround. His remarks at a technology conference in Hong Kong were reported by The Wall Street Journal.

TriWest Healthcare Alliance has chosen a site near Kansas City International Airport for a major business expansion. The company’s growth is accelerating partly because of new rules that allow military veterans more access to health care providers outside the Veterans Affairs system.